But imagine excitedly heading downstairs on Christmas morning, ripping the wrapping off your presents and finding 10 hoover bags, an extension lead or kitchen cleaning products?

Or what about a gift card - with just £1.97 remaining in credit- jeans several sizes too big, bathroom scales or a steam mop?

Or receiving the same gift back that you gave to someone else the year before?

Well, you wouldn't be alone.

It seems many people have been on the receiving end of some pretty strange gifts over the years with bunches of bananas, tins of spam and half empty bottles of perfume also being deemed adequate to be left beneath the tree.

But what is the worst or weirdest most awkward present you've ever received?

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